Date | 19 March 1987 |
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Time | 2:15 pm IST |
Location | Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Sons Jewellers, Opera House, Bombay, India |
Coordinates | 18°55′30″N 72°49′11″E / 18.92500°N 72.81972°E |
Also known as | TBZ Opera House robbery |
Outcome | Jewellery and cash worth ₹ 2.3 to 3.5 million stolen |
On 19 March 1987, a group posing as Central Bureau of Investigation officers executed a fake raid on the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Sons Jewellers in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), Maharashtra, India. The raid was led by an unknown man who had assembled the group by inviting the candidates for fake recruitment interview. The unknown man disappeared with the spoils of the raid. The case remains unsolved.